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Exit & Close. Closes your current session with Tripwire Log Center.

Logout. Closes your current session and opens the TLC login form.

View

Display Side Bar. Displays and hides the side bar in the TLC Console1. Tripwire Log Center Console is the software for the TLC graphic user interface (GUI), or 2. The Tripwire Log Center GUI. Through the TLC Console, you can configure TLC, oversee your TLC environment, and manage log and event data. (see The TLC Button Bar and Side Bar).

Tabbed Forms. Toggles the Tabbed Forms view on and off (see TLC Console Views and Components).

Internet ToolsA TLC Console component in which you can run queries with conventional utilities to gather information about Hosts (e.g. NSLookup, Ping, Traceroute, and Whois).. Opens the Internet Tools dialog (see Working with Internet Tools).

TaskCreated and configured in the Task Manager, a Task queries Events, Hosts, or Scanner Events in an Event-Management Database to perform an operation. Types of Tasks include Layout-Panel, Administrative, and Search Tasks. Manager. Opens the Task Manager (see What are the Task Manager and Task Scheduler?).

Find IDS Event1. Either a log message that a Manager has standardized (i.e. normalized) for use by TLC (a.k.a. Normalized Messages), or an event or vulnerability imported from a scanner. 2. An 'event message' collected from a Log Source.. Opens the Find IDS Event Details dialog. To search for an IDS event in your IDS Databases (if applicable), enter a partial or complete Event ID and click Find.

Options

Import TLC Content. Imports TLC content (see Updating TLC with the Latest Tripwire Content) and scannerA device that monitors systems in your TLC environment (for example, a vulnerability scanner). data (see Importing Scanner Data to an Event Database).

Settings. Opens the Settings dialog (see About TLC Settings and Global Settings).

Change Password. If Internal Authentication is enabled for your User AccountA TLC object that provides a user with a collection of User Permissions to work with TLC. (see Changing the Properties of a User Account), select this option to change the password for your TLC user account. For password requirements, see Password .

Help

Online Help. Opens the Tripwire Log Center online help.

Tripwire Web site. Opens www.tripwire.com in your Web browser.

Tripwire Customer Center. Opens the Tripwire Customer Center login page in your Web browser.

Check for Updates. If your user account has the Allow Check for Updates permission (see About User Access and Licensing), this option downloads any available patches for TLC ManagerTripwire Log Center Manager is the core software in your TLC environment. TLC Manager collects and processes log messages from a wide variety of systems and devices. and TLC Console from the Tripwire Web site. (Tip: To schedule patch updates, configure the 'Check for updates' setting in the Miscellaneous User Settings; see Changing TLC Settings).

Create Support Bundle. Generates a zip file with information that may be helpful to Tripwire Technical Support when troubleshooting issues with TLC.

Toggle Support Functionality. If enabled, TLC displays the Support tab in the Audit LoggerThe TLC Console component in which you can work with the log messages collected by TLC. and the Scheduled TaskCreated in the Task Scheduler, a Scheduled Task defines a schedule for TLC to run: 1. A Copy TaskA type of Administrative Task that copies specified data from one Event-Management Database to another., Delete TaskA type of Administrative Task that removes specified data from a Event-Management Database., Archive TaskA type of Administrative Task that moves specified data from one Event-Management Database to another. See also Audit Logger Archive Task., or Report TaskA type of Search TaskA type of Task that performs a query of data in an Event-Management Database. Types of Search Tasks include List, Graph, and Report Tasks. that queries an Event-Management Database and compiles the results in a PDF report file.. 2. A Saved Query that generates an Audit Logger Report. properties dialog. For more information, see Troubleshooting an Audit Logger Query and Troubleshooting a Scheduled Task.

About Tripwire Log Center. Displays copyright and license information for your TLC software.